Westminster Fibers

Distributors of some of the best yarn in the industry, Westminster Fibers is a power player in this game. Westminster Fibers is the source for premium yarn, fabric, needlecraft kits and embroidery products. They offer some of the finest yarn brands in the world – Rowan,Regia, SMC, SMC Select, Brett and Lopi.

It’s all about who you know and networking! Listen to the story behind these yarn brands being brought to North America. Rowan and Lopi are considered to be classic knitting yarns. The SMC brand has many options within its knitting yarn lines that covers socks, children’s wear, and fashion forward yarns. There is even a product for the felting phase you may be in, the Wash+Filz-It!

We have an excellent giveaway! You can win issue #51 & #52 of Rowan magazine and 2 skeins of the Rowan Creation Ruffle yarn in assorted colors! Please leave a comment to share your first experience with any of the yarns distributed by Westminster Fibers: Rowan, Lopi, Regia, SMC, Brett and don’t forget to include the keyword! A winner will be picked in 3-4 weeks!

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I’m feeling deprived as I’ve never knit with Lopi. I do get to hold and squeeze the Rowan yarns in my sister’s stash and look at her beautiful Rowan magazine subscription. I’ve also lived vicariously through her as she recounts her trip to visit Rowan with Jean Moss and to meet Martin Storey. Only In dreams for me! Sigh.

I’ve not knit with lopi (yet…let’s emphasize the yet). About the closest I ever came was some pencil roving that I used to make a most excellent hat (seriously, wear-ability wise, it’s my best knit ever). As for the line of Westminster line, I’m ashamed to admit I’ve not used a huge number of them. I do have some good sturdy German sock yarn in the stash that I’m *pretty* sure is Regia, but somehow it hasn’t ever sung me quite the right song when I started to cast on. Rowan though, rowan can sing me a song any day!

I have had the opportunity to knit with several yarns that Westminster distributes – and of course, I remember the first time I ever used crack silk haze! I live in Melbourne, Australia, where there are relatively warm winters, so I don’t know if I would ever need a true lopi icelandic sweater, but I certainly admire them!

My first pair of socks from Regia yarn taught me about gauge. I had been knitting for many years, and had been told I knit tightly, but it was just my cast-on that was too tight–everything else is loose. I would love to knit a Lopi pullover for myself!

Great show. My first experience with Rowan was when I first moved to the East Coast and took up knitting. I made a vest using Rowan Kid Classic. It was a simple pattern and I was surprised how well it turned out. Of course I know where that one wrong stitch is, but no one else seems to see it. LOL. I haven’t used Lopi yet, which is odd since I bought an Icelandic fleece a year ago to try my hand at processing it, and love it. Being a vest girl I think my dog would look lovely in the Hugo vest featured on the Lopi website. Not sure how he would feel about it though.

My stash contains some beautiful Rowan Siena & Kidsilk Haze, and some SMC Catania – all which still needs to be crocheted or knitted into something even more beautiful! I have not knitted with Lopi, but have admired it before!

Regia is my favorite sock yarn, hard wearing and gorgeous color choices! I would love to knit an Icelandic round yoked sweater in Lopi one of these days. Rowan is a dream only so far, love the heathers and tweeds. One day!